Corset



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC STROUSE, OF HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,067, dated February 21, 1882. Application filed November 9, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC STRoUsE, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven-and State of Connecticut,have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of one-half the corset; Fig. 2, diagram showing the cut or pattern from which the several. sections are cut.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of corsets which are stayed with cords-that is to say,in which a series of cords are introduced between two thicknesses of fabric which form the corset; and the invention consists in the construction of the corset, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the front section, which receives one ot'the busks B, the rear section,into which the eyelets are introduced fol-lacing the corset at the back.

C represents the vertical hip-section, which may he stayed with bones, but preferably by a single strong steel.

D E arethe transverse central or waist-line bands, introduced respectively between the vertical sections A C and C B, each corded longitudinally.

E F and G H are the four sections which complete the corset. The section E, being the upper breast-section, fills the space between the front vertical section, A, the hipvertical section C, and above the waist-section D. The

section E is fitted with the usual gore-pieces,

-e, to give the required fullness for the breast.

The lower part or section, F, fills the space between the two vertical sections A C and the waist-section D. In like manner G H fill the spaces above and below the waist-section E; and between the hip-section C and the rear section, B. Each of these sections E, F, G, and H is corded in the usual manner for cording corsetsthat is to say, cords are placed as near together as they conveniently can be, be-

tween the two thicknesses of fabric cut to the required shape for the said sections. The out or pattern of the parts is shown in Fig. 2, the

respective pieces being lettered corresponding to the sections shown in Fig. 1. The sections or parts of the corset are stitched together in the usual manner, the sections E F G H being preferably introduced between the thicknesses of the surrounding sections, so as to give a neat finish and appearance to the corset.

This corset is peculiarly adapted for an abdominal corset by extending the front and rear sections downward and connecting them by a corded transverse band-like section, I, which is corded longitudinally, as seen in Fig. 1, and stitched to the front and rear section, and also to the sections above; or it may extend across the front section or across the rear section; but preferablyImake it to extend from the rear section to the front, with the olasps ex- -tendin g down to the extreme lower end of the corset. p

The cut of the corset is applicable to corsets in which other stays than cords are used. Hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to corded work. The cut itself atl'ords a saving of material, and is therefore an advantage, in addition to the great advantage in corded work.

I claim- 1. The herein-described corset, consisting of the front and rear sections, A B, the transverse sections D E, respectively extending from section A to section C, and from section C to section B on the waist-line, combined with the sectionsE and F between the two sections A C, and respectively above and below the transverse section D and sections G H between the sections C B,and respectively above and below the transverse section E, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described corset, consisting of the-front and rear sections, A B, the vertical central stayed section, C, with the transverse sections D and E, stayed longitudinally, and

the sections E F G H, introduced between the vertical and waist sections, with the transverse corded section 1, extending from the front to rear on the lower edge of the corset, substantially as described.

ISAAC STROUSE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, LILLIAN D. Rocrnns. 

